Originally Posted by TheWeatherman

Nobody knows for sure unless somebody from recruiting/training posts in here which I highly doubt. It's not like they let the pilot group in on every detail. The only reason I knew is because I was around HQ recently.

The recruiting department is hitting it out of the park as far as the number of people they are bringing in. More then expected, and since sim time is booked (I am guessing here) months in advanced, maybe longer, it takes a while to adjust to the influx. Hence the delay in training.



There was some talk about slowing down hiring, but they are not doing that at this time. They are planning years in advance and know the retirements both internally and at the Majors are coming. Plus there are big plans to expand, both organically and possibly through acquisitions (they will not do a merger). The order for 100 new aircraft will be additional aircrraft to our current fleet and will NOT be used to replace older aircraft. There is an option on the order for more planes, that will be used to replace older aircraft and possibly more growth, but that won't be until the mid 2020s. So in 5 years Republic's fleet could be 100 aircraft higher. That will take a lot more pilots then we currently have.



Fact is that due to our Regional industry leading on time performance and reliability 2 out of the 3 Majors wants a lot more flying out of us and money is coming in to fund it.